RHODIOLA ROSEA

RHODIOLA

ANTIOXIDANT HERBAL | TREATMENT AMENORRHEA

Rhodiola rosea also called Golden root. This plant use in Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and Asia. This herb was used in folk medicine to increase physical endurance, work productivity, longevity, resistance so high altitude sickness, fatigue, depression, anemia, impotence, gastrointestinal ailments, infections and disorders of the nervous system.

Rhodiola’s root was identified contains adaptogenic compounds believed to help the body adapt to stress by supporting the adrenal glands anda endocrine system, as well as the antioxidant and stimulating compounds are responsible for its medicinal properties.

Animal studies looking at the effect of rhodiola on thyroid fuction, adrenal function and ovarian egg maturation have raised interest in rhodiola for endocrine problems in humans. Forty women suffering from amenorrhea (loss of menstrual cycles) were given 100 mg of rhodiola twice daily for two weeks or an injection for 10 days. Remarkably, normal menses were restored in 25 women, 11 of whom became pregnant.

Phisicians have reported cases of women who had failed to conceive with standard fertility drugs, who then became pregnant within several months of beginning Rhodiola rosea extract. For treatment, the standardized of extracts contains 3 percent rosavin.